BG Report: Amtrak Texas Eagle 1/2: Chicago to San Antonio
Amtrak’s Texas Eagle is America’s longest passenger train, and the second longest in all of the Americas. I rode it the entire length, Chicago to Texas to Los Angeles, a… [keep reading]
BG Report: Amtrak Southwest Chief in coach for two days
I rode the entire route of Amtrak’s Southwest Chief, from Los Angeles to Chicago. The trip lasts two nights and about 43 hours, and I rode in a coach seat… [keep reading]
BG Report: Kintetsu Urban Liner train to Osaka
The Kintetsu Railway company has a limited express train called Urban Liner. It runs between the cities of Nagoya and Osaka in central Japan. I rode it one day through… [keep reading]
BG Report: JR Shirasagi train to Nagoya
The JR Shirasagi is a limited express train that runs between the Japanese cities of Nagoya and Kanazawa. It goes by Lake Biwa and through the mountains of southern Gifu… [keep reading]
BG Report: Visiting Kanazawa Phonograph Museum
In the Japanese city of Kanazawa in Ishikawa Prefecture, there is a big brick building that houses the Kanazawa Phonograph Museum. It’s on three floors and features dozens of very… [keep reading]
BG Report: Dinostar train of Fukui, Japan
In summer 2023 I rode a train from the city of Fukui to the city of Kanazawa, Japan. The train was called Dinostar – one of JR’s shortest limited express… [keep reading]
BG Report: JR Thunderbird train to Kanazawa
I rode the Thunderbird, a limited express train from Japan Rail (JR) that runs between Osaka and Kanazawa. The train leaves several times a day in each direction, goes through… [keep reading]
BG Report: Keihan cable car up “Man Mountain”
Today was a good example of what exercise (and time) do to a high blood sugar. I rode a cable car up a mountain in southern Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, and… [keep reading]
BG Report: Hinotori luxury train to Osaka
The Hinotori train is a limited express train between the cities of Nagoya and Osaka in Japan. I rode Kintetsu’s Hinotori train one morning to Osaka to check out its… [keep reading]
BG Report: Capsule hotel room in Nagoya
I finally had one of Japan’s quintessential experiences: I stayed overnight in a “sleep pod” in a capsule hotel. It was the Nine Hours Hotel in Nagoya. The hotel’s name… [keep reading]
BG Report: Ikoma-sanjo Amusement Park
The trip up Japan’s oldest cable car to the top of Ikoma Mountain in Nara Prefecture was quite an experience. Not only was the cable car great, but the amusement… [keep reading]
BG Report: Riding the JR Hamakaze train
Some train rides are just destined to go well. My ride today on the Hamakaze train was, diabetically, just such an experience. The Hamakaze is a limited express train I… [keep reading]
BG Report: Walking around Kurayoshi, Japan
Today was spent in the small city of Kurayoshi, in Tottori Prefecture on the northern coast of central Honshū. Not only was the weather perfect for my wanderings along an… [keep reading]
BG Report: JR Super Hakuto train from Kyōto to Kurayoshi
I had a good day of blood sugars on my ride aboard the JR Super Hakuto train today. Generally speaking, I’d rather be a bit low than high, and that’s… [keep reading]
BG Report: Japan’s longest local bus Yagi-Shingū
Sitting motionless on a bus for seven hours is not a recipe for great blood sugar. And my day started badly, blood sugar-wise, before the ride even began. So I… [keep reading]
BG Report: Nachi Falls and the shrine/temple complex
In this video I explain that I didn’t sleep well this morning. The stress of that ruined my blood sugar: between 1:30 am and 9:00 am, I went from 175… [keep reading]